The Humility of Moses

Deuteronomy 4 is CRAZY. Well, let me start at ch 3:23-29. I was struck by the Lord’s authoritative demand for Moses. To think, how seriously the Lord takes man’s sin. He is holy. So holy, that Israel’s sin provoked Moses to sin, and consequently not enter into the Promised Land. In my own sinfulness, I [...]

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A Modern Day Habakkuk

This is a blog from September 9 of this year. I hope you find it encouraging. My circumstances seem contrary to the moral and character of God. I am experiencing the inevitable fellowship of suffering with Christ. As I live, I suffer, now confronted with tragedy. The challenge is to form a theology of suffering [...]

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Worse Than Leprosy?

(older blog) I found myself thumbing through past journal entries, and could not help but to marvel at the faithfulness of the Lord, and the fickle, neediness of myself. However, I am refreshed in recounting the works of our Lord. Oftentimes do I have the tendency to pour out my heart before the Lord is [...]

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Press on

Philippians 3:12-15 In this pericope, Paul uses the analogy of a runner to describe the Christian’s spiritual growth. The believer has not reached his goal of Christ-likeness (vss 20,21), but must, like the runner in a race, continue to pursue it. That this is the goal of every believer is also clear from Romans 8:29, [...]

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Slow To Speak

Please Listen online to Phil Ryken’s sermon “Slow to Speak” Ecclesiastes 5:1-7. http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sid=112608959580 Phil Ryken serves as senior minister at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Phildelphia PA. I was so convicted as I recently sat under the ministry of God’s Word, preached from Phil Ryken. So convicted, I began to do a further study, created an [...]

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